httpservletresponse.java

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 * $Id: HttpServletResponse.java,v 1.4 1999/04/20 20:37:48 sahmed Exp $
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package javax.servlet.http;

import javax.servlet.ServletResponse;
import javax.servlet.ServletException;
import java.io.IOException;

/**
 *
 * Defines an HTTP servlet response that a servlet running on a
 * Web server sends to a client using HTTP. This interface
 * allows the servlet's <code>service</code> method to access
 * HTTP headers and return data to its client. The servlet engine
 * implements this interface.
 *
 * 
 * @author	Various
 * @version	$Version$
 *
 * @see		javax.servlet.ServletResponse
 *
 */



public interface HttpServletResponse extends ServletResponse {

    /**
     * Adds the specified cookie to the response.  It can be called
     * multiple times to set more than one cookie.
     *
     * @param cookie the Cookie to return to the client
     *
     */

    public void addCookie(Cookie cookie);

    /**
     * Checks whether the response message header has a field with
     * the specified name.
     * 
     * @param name the header field name
     * @return true if the response message header has a field with
     * the specified name; false otherwise
     */

    public boolean containsHeader(String name);

    /**
     * Encodes the specified URL by including the session ID in it,
     * or, if encoding is not needed, returns the URL unchanged.
     * The implementation of this method should include the logic to
     * determine whether the session ID needs to be encoded in the URL.
     * For example, if the browser supports cookies, or session
     * tracking is turned off, URL encoding is unnecessary.
     * 
     * <p>All URLs emitted by a Servlet should be run through this
     * method.  Otherwise, URL rewriting cannot be used with browsers
     * which do not support cookies.
     *
     * @param url the url to be encoded.
     * @return the encoded URL if encoding is needed; the unchanged URL
     * otherwise.
     */

    public String encodeURL (String url);

    /**
     * Encodes the specified URL for use in the
     * <code>sendRedirect</code> method or, if encoding is not needed,
     * returns the URL unchanged.  The implementation of this method
     * should include the logic to determine whether the session ID
     * needs to be encoded in the URL.  Because the rules for making
     * this determination differ from those used to decide whether to
     * encode a normal link, this method is seperate from the
     * <code>encodeUrl</code> method.
     * 
     * <p>All URLs sent to the HttpServletResponse.sendRedirect
     * method should be run through this method.  Otherwise, URL
     * rewriting canont be used with browsers which do not support
     * cookies.
     *
     * <p>After this method is called, the response should be considered
     * to be committed and should not be written to.
     *
     * @param url the url to be encoded.
     * @return the encoded URL if encoding is needed; the unchanged URL
     * otherwise.
     *
     * @see #sendRedirect
     * @see #encodeUrl
     */

    public String encodeRedirectURL (String url);

    /**
     * Encodes the specified URL by including the session ID in it,
     * or, if encoding is not needed, returns the URL unchanged.
     * The implementation of this method should include the logic to
     * determine whether the session ID needs to be encoded in the URL.
     * For example, if the browser supports cookies, or session
     * tracking is turned off, URL encoding is unnecessary.
     * 
     * <p>All URLs emitted by a Servlet should be run through this
     * method.  Otherwise, URL rewriting cannot be used with browsers
     * which do not support cookies.
     *
     * @param url the url to be encoded.
     * @return the encoded URL if encoding is needed; the unchanged URL
     * otherwise.
     * @deprecated Use encodeURL(String url)
     */

    public String encodeUrl(String url);
    
    /**
     * Encodes the specified URL for use in the
     * <code>sendRedirect</code> method or, if encoding is not needed,
     * returns the URL unchanged.  The implementation of this method
     * should include the logic to determine whether the session ID
     * needs to be encoded in the URL.  Because the rules for making
     * this determination differ from those used to decide whether to
     * encode a normal link, this method is seperate from the
     * <code>encodeUrl</code> method.
     * 
     * <p>All URLs sent to the HttpServletResponse.sendRedirect
     * method should be run through this method.  Otherwise, URL
     * rewriting canont be used with browsers which do not support
     * cookies.
     *
     * @param url the url to be encoded.
     * @return the encoded URL if encoding is needed; the unchanged URL
     * otherwise.       
     * @deprecated Use encodeRedirectURL(String url)
     */

    public String encodeRedirectUrl(String url);

    /**
     * Sends an error response to the client using the specified status
     * code and descriptive message.  If setStatus has previously been
     * called, it is reset to the error status code.  The message is
     * sent as the body of an HTML page, which is returned to the user
     * to describe the problem.  The page is sent with a default HTML
     * header; the message is enclosed in simple body tags
     * (&lt;body&gt;&lt;/body&gt;).
     *
     * <p>After using this method, the response should be considered
     * to be committed and should not be written to.
     *
     * @param sc the status code
     * @param msg the detail message
     * @exception IOException If an I/O error has occurred.  */

    public void sendError(int sc, String msg) throws IOException;

    /**
     * Sends an error response to the client using the specified
     * status code and a default message.
     * @param sc the status code
     * @exception IOException If an I/O error has occurred.
     */

    public void sendError(int sc) throws IOException;

    /**
     * Sends a temporary redirect response to the client using the
     * specified redirect location URL.  The URL must be absolute (for
     * example, <code><em>https://hostname/path/file.html</em></code>).
     * Relative URLs are not permitted here.
     *
     * @param location the redirect location URL
     * @exception IOException If an I/O error has occurred.
     */

    public void sendRedirect(String location) throws IOException;
    
    /**
     * 
     * Adds a field to the response header with the given name and
     * date-valued field.  The date is specified in terms of
     * milliseconds since the epoch.  If the date field had already
     * been set, the new value overwrites the previous one.  The
     * <code>containsHeader</code> method can be used to test for the
     * presence of a header before setting its value.
     * 
     * @param name the name of the header field
     * @param value the header field's date value
     * 
     * @see #containsHeader
     */

    public void setDateHeader(String name, long date);
    
    /**
     *
     * Adds a field to the response header with the given name and value.
     * If the field had already been set, the new value overwrites the
     * previous one.  The <code>containsHeader</code> method can be
     * used to test for the presence of a header before setting its
     * value.
     * 
     * @param name the name of the header field
     * @param value the header field's value
     *
     * @see #containsHeader
     */

    public void setHeader(String name, String value);

    /**
     * Adds a field to the response header with the given name and
     * integer value.  If the field had already been set, the new value
     * overwrites the previous one.  The <code>containsHeader</code>
     * method can be used to test for the presence of a header before
     * setting its value.
     *
     * @param name the name of the header field
     * @param value the header field's integer value
     *
     * @see #containsHeader
     */

    public void setIntHeader(String name, int value);


    
    /**
     * Sets the status code for this response.  This method is used to
     * set the return status code when there is no error (for example,
     * for the status codes SC_OK or SC_MOVED_TEMPORARILY).  If there
     * is an error, the <code>sendError</code> method should be used
     * instead.
     *
     * @param sc the status code
     *
     * @see #sendError
     */

    public void setStatus(int sc);
  
    /**
     * Sets the status code and message for this response.  If the
     * field had already been set, the new value overwrites the
     * previous one.  The message is sent as the body of an HTML
     * page, which is returned to the user to describe the problem.
     * The page is sent with a default HTML header; the message
     * is enclosed in simple body tags (&lt;body&gt;&lt;/body&gt;).
     * 
     * @param sc the status code
     * @param sm the status message
     * @deprecated ambiguous meaning. To send an error with a description
     * page, use sendError(int sc, String msg);
     */

    public void setStatus(int sc, String sm);